Ink-bottle.



N. C. PHILLIPS.

INK BOTTLE- APPLICATION FILED MAYIB. I914.

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NATHAN c. PHILLIPS,

CEMENT COMPANY, MASSACHUSETTS.

INK-BOTTLE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 7, 1915.

Application filed May 18, 1914. Serial No. 839,184.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NATHAN G. PHILLIPS, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Gloucester, in the countyof Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Ink- Bottles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to refillable bottles adapted to contain ink inbulk, and has for its object to enable such bottles to be convenientlyused either for filling ink wells or like relatively large receptacles,or for filling relatively small receptacles such as the reservoirs offountain pens. Ink wells may be properly filled by pouring a relativelylarge and rapid stream without particularly careful manipulation of thebottle. It has not been practicable heretofore however to fill afountain pen reservoir directly from an ordinary refillable ink bottleof relatively large capacity, no provision having been made for pouringfrom the bottle a slender or attenuated stream of suitable crosssectional area to properly enter the mouth of a fountain pen reservoir.

My invention is embodied in a refillable bottle having a relativelylarge pouring and filling passage in its neck, and a neck extensiondetachably engaged with said neck, and having a longitudinal passagewayformed to pour either a relatively large stream suitable for filling inkwells, or a relatively narrow attenuated stream suitable for fillingfountain pen reservoirs, provision being made for admitting air abovethe attenuated stream to prevent agitation and scattering of the flowingliquid by air entering the bottle, so that a smooth, uniform,uninterrupted stream of proper form may be poured into a fountain penreservoir, directly from a large bottle, the use of the ordinary dropperbeing dispensed with, and the bottle body being adapted to be quicklyand conveniently refilled when the neck extension is removed.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification:Figure 1 represents a side view of a bottle embodying my invention, theneck of the bottle and the neck extension being shown in section; Fig. 2represents an end view showing the bottle in position to pour arelatively large stream;

Fig. 3 represents an end view showing the bottle in position to pour anattenuated stream; Fig. 4 represents a side view of the neck extension;Fig. 5 represents a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 represents asection on line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

The same reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in allthe views. 7

In the drawings, 12 represents the body portion in bulk, the neck of thebottle body being provided with an external screw thread 13 and with anannular end face or seat 1 1, surrounding a relatively large pouring andfilling passage.

15 represents a tubular externally circular neck extension having aflange composed of ,a rigid portion 16 integral with the extension and acompressible packing washer 17 forming the inner face of the flange andbearing on the seat 14. The rigid flange portion 16 is located above theinner end of the extension, so that said inner end forms an annularshoulder which enters the pack- 1ng washer, confines it against edgewisedisplacement, and enables the extension and washer to be applied andremoved as one part. Said shoulder is preferably formed to enter thepassage surroundedby the seat 14 and thus center the extension. The saidextension being of smaller diameter than the flange and seat, andprojecting outwardly therefrom as shown, is laterally unobstructed atits outer portion and constitutes a pouring nozzle of relatively smalldiameter.

18 represents a screw-threaded sheet metal collar engaging the thread13, and having a flange 19 hearing on the outer side of the rigid flangeportion 16, to secure the neck extension to the body of the bottle. Theextension 15 is provided with a suitable closure, which is preferably asheet metal cap composed of a head 21 and a screw-threaded body 22,engaging an external thread formed on the outer portion of theextens1on.

The passageway 28 through the extension 15 is so formed that streams ofdifferent size and of difiere'nt cross sectional area may be selectivelypoured from the bottle, according to the position in which the bottle isheld in pouring. In the embodiment of the invention here shown Saidpassageway is oblong and of substantially form in cross section. Whenthe bottle is tipped to pour ink, and is held so that the ma or axis ofthe mouth of the passageway of a bottle adapted to contain inkrhomboidal held so that the is in a horizontal a relatively wide andbulky stream S is poured, said stream being suitablefor rap wells. Whenthe bottle is major axis of the mouth of idly filling ink the passagewayshown by Fig. 3, a relatively narrow attenuated stream S is poured, saidstream being suitable for filling the reservoirs of fountain pens. Owingto the relatively the. extension, its unobe and to deliver a solidwell-defined stream which cannot be spread or dissipated by any surfaceover P rmitting displaced liquid feringwith the stream of fore withoutcausing the liquid, to gurgle and scatter drops of, ink. The air inletis particularly etl'eetivev for-the purpose last stated when thebottleis held in the position liquid and thereshown by Fig. 3,, so that infilling a fountain fiowmg, uninterrupted, at and liability of isavoided, The'acjute an pen a ,s moo hly gled row gutter forming a way,and adapted. to pour an attenuated stream, said gutter, also forming apart of Copies of this patent may be obtainadrfor five cents each, by

plane, as shown by Fig. 2, i

is 1n a vertical plane, as'

air to freely. Y enter the bottle body to take the place of the withoutagitating or interportion of the, passageway through which the stream Sflows isvirtnally a narpart ofthe passagei the passageway when thestream S is being poured.

It will now be seen that a large bottle bod adapted to hold ink in bulk,may be conveniently and quickly refilled when separated from the neckextension, and used both for filling relatively large receptacles suchas ink wells, or small attenuated receptacles such as fountain penreservoirs, when the neck extension is in place, the necessity of usinga dropper for the last-named purpose being avoided.

iaving described my invention, I claim:

, pouring extension for bottle necks con1- prising a body provided withan external seat for engaging a bottle neck, means on gaging the seatfor detachably fastening the extension to a bottle neck, said body beingprovided with a longitudinal bore, said bore having acute angular sidesrelatively disposed so that oppositely disposed narrow deep gutters andoppositely disposed Wide shallow gutters are provided, the guttersextending the full length of the bore of the extension, the deep guttersservingto dispense an attenuated stream and to admit air above thestream, and the shallow gutters serving to dispense a wide streamundalso admit air above the stream.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

NATHAN C. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. S 'f SON, WALTER S. TARR.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, 11,0.

